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RIC MASTEN Is a stand-up poet, a teller of tales. His humorous anecdotes, pointed stories and accurate observations speak to the human condition. In performance, Masten is funny and poignant by turn and his material is always improvised, which makes every program different and gives each audience a sense of being engaged in a relevant conversation rather than witnessing a one-man show. Since 1966, Ric Masten has traveled across the United States, Canada and England speaking to and performing for hundreds of conferences, colleges, schools, churches and service clubs. He has been called a "serious humorist," an " after-dinner philosopher," a "motivational lyricist" - likened to such notables as Will Rogers and Ogden Nash. As a published author, he has fourteen books to his credit and his work has been included in scores of interpersonal communication, psychology and public speaking textbooks. However, a Ric Masten piece is primarily composed to be spoken rather than printed - performed rather than perused. He wants his material to be completely accessible to the ear of the casual listener and, in fact, says his favorite audience is made up of people who would normally regard thirty minutes with a poet as cruel and unusual punishment. Ric Masten is more than a poet entertainer. Watching him perform is like spending quality time with a mirror, being touched and delighted by one's own reflection. As one critic puts it, "Whatever it is that he does, it never fails to poke fun at our everyday behavior and at the same time provokes an unexpected reverence for life." .....A sampling of the diverse groups to whom .....Ric Masten has made presentations: White House Conference on Children - The Principal Center, Harvard University - Christa McAuliffe Institute - The Rotary Club of Denver - San Diego Psychology & Law Society - American Business Women's Association - Conference of the Living Tree (So. Cal. English Teachers) - State of California Health and Welfare Agency - Institute for Changing Ministries - National Council of Family Relations - NEA, Mastery in Learning Project - Lutheran Pastoral Conference, Western Synod - Humanistic Psychology Annual Conference - American Association of Airport Executives- -Marlborough School - Unitarian Universalist Billings Lecturer - Naval Weather Service Association - KOA Denver Talk Show (Weekly call-in, 9 Years) - The Isaac Gordon Center of Gastroenterology - Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons - Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City - Mountain States Employer's Council, Inc .....As well as hundreds of Universities, .....Colleges and Junior Colleges, including: University of California, Los Angeles - US Air Force Academy (Poet in Residence 1975) - Wichita State University - University of Texas - Southern Methodist University - State University of New York - Stephens College - Fox Valley Technical Institute - Broward Community College - University of Rhode Island - Mount Holyoke College - Pennsylvania State University Ric Masten Presentations 37931 Palo Colorado Road, Carmel, California 93923 Phone: (831) 625-0588 ----CCcl: (831) 233-4173 Fax: (831) 625-3770